There’s no dearth of scientifically sound (or otherwise) approaches to tackling global warming. Among them is World Jump Day that is celebrated on July 20 every year. The day aims to shift the orbit of Earth, to extend daylight hours, and to create a more standardized climate throughout the world. This day is observed as a way of taking a light-hearted but stern look at the very serious issue of global warming and climate change. Although it’s impossible to change the orbit of the Earth, jumping is a lot of fun!

HISTORY OF WORLD JUMP DAY World Jump Day was started by German artist Torsten Lauschmann. He launched and popularized the idea through his website. The day was first observed on July 20, 2006, after the site gathered almost 600,256,820 registered jumpers! Lauschmann presented jumping as an art installation to raise awareness about global warming. Today the day is mostly celebrated in jest since we all know that our combined weight on Earth is so minimal that it will have no impact on the planet’s orbit whatsoever. The day is considered to be unscientific and was widely discredited. Whatever the reason may be, jumping is fun and a good form of exercise.

World Jump Day is celebrated exactly at 11:39:13 GMT. At this time, millions of people from the Western Hemisphere jump simultaneously. It is believed that coordinated jumping will force the planet to move out from its original orbit and into a new one, and this would stop global warming! But not all of it is a joke — some scientists believe that if 600 million people jump at the same moment, the earth will move a bit from its orbit, which will increase the distance between the Sun and the Earth, thereby reducing the risks of global warming. It is based on the theory that changes in earth mass will make a difference in the earth’s orbit. Needless to say, it is unproven that having millions of people jump at the same time would make a difference in the Earth’s orbit.